In Hiroshima on 24 August, at an international meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), State Secretary for Foreign Affairs István Mikola said that it is imperative that a complete ban on nuclear testing becomes generally applicable and legally binding.
Until 2020, the EU made HUF 70bn available for cooperation and support projects within the Danube region, as on 20 August 2015 the European Commission adopted the Danube Transnational Programme elaborated jointly by the fourteen countries of the Danube basin.
Hungary intends to play an active role in forming the European Union’s new migration policy, but the Government needs to take steps of its own before the new rules are finalised, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi told news portal szegedma.hu on 24 August 2015.
At a ceremony in Hódmezővásárhely János Lázár, the Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office, said that Saint Stephen not only founded a state, but also built alliances. By founding the independent State of Hungary he became one of the builders of Christian Europe, the Minister said.
Agriculture ministers and other officials attending a summit in the Slovenian city of Ptuj, including the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture’s Parliamentary State Secretary, István Nagy, have signed a joint declaration on keeping Europe’s agriculture free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
On 23 August 2015 the Hungarian State Secretary for Justice said that Hungary supports the Tallinn declaration calling for the establishment of a supranational institution to investigate and prosecute state crimes, including those of communist regimes.
In Mórahalom on 23 August 2015, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende and Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér held a working meeting on issues related to the Temporary Border Security Fence and the associated technical system. The two ministers visited the construction works to be updated on current progress.
The reinforcement of cultural awareness – which is increasingly diminishing – is a must for the integration of migrants in Europe, Zoltán Balog told the Hungarian News Agency MTI on Friday after he delivered a lecture on the topic as the first foreign lecturer at the reputable forum held in Bayreuth, Bavaria.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary is deeply concerned about the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, and it deplores the recent escalation of tensions on the border between North and South Korea.
Hungary’s history of over a thousand years has proved that we can only survive if we have an army, a defence force, Defence Minister Csaba Hende pointed out in his welcome speech delivered at the military inauguration ceremony held on 20 August at Kossuth Lajos tér outside the Parliament Building.